Job 31:8

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then may I sow, but another eat, and may my offspring be uprooted.

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  • Lev 26:16 : 16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will bring sudden terror upon you, wasting diseases and fever that destroy your eyes and drain your strength. You will plant your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
  • Mic 6:15 : 15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not use their oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
  • Deut 28:38 : 38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, or fresh oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have wiped you out.
  • Judg 6:3-6 : 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them. 4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys. 5 For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it. 6 So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
  • Job 5:4-5 : 4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed at the gate with no one to deliver them. 5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.
  • Job 15:30 : 30 He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
  • Job 18:19 : 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.
  • Job 20:18 : 18 He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.
  • Job 24:6 : 6 In the fields, they reap the fodder; they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
  • Ps 109:13 : 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.
  • Deut 28:30-33 : 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken forcibly from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch with longing eyes all day, but you will be powerless to act. 33 A people you don’t know will eat the fruit of your land and the result of your labor. You will be oppressed and crushed continually.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:9-12
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    78%

    9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

    10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

    11 For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

    12 It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.

  • Job 31:38-40
    3 verses
    76%

    38 If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

    39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,

    40 then let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

  • Job 31:7
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    7 If my steps have turned from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if any stain has clung to my hands,

  • Job 4:8
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    8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • Job 8:17-19
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    17 Their roots are entwined around a heap of rocks; they look for a home among the stones.

    18 But if they are uprooted from their place, that place will deny them, saying, 'I never saw you.'

    19 Surely this is the joy of their way, and out of the dust, others will spring up.

  • Job 18:16
    74%

    16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • Job 31:21-22
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    73%

    21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate,

    22 then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

  • Ps 109:8-11
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    73%

    8 Let his days be few; let another take his office.

    9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.

    11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

  • Ps 21:10
    73%

    10 You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them.

  • Job 6:9
    73%

    9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

  • Ps 109:13
    72%

    13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.

  • Job 31:29
    72%

    29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Job 27:14
    72%

    14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8 May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Job 27:7
    71%

    7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my adversary like the unrighteous!

  • Joel 1:17
    71%

    17 The seeds shrivel beneath their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.

  • Job 14:8
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    8 Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

  • Job 5:3
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    3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

  • Job 31:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

    17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, without sharing with the fatherless—

  • Job 5:5
    71%

    5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.

  • Zech 11:9
    70%

    9 Then I said, 'I will not shepherd you any longer. Let the dying die, and let the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.'

  • Isa 27:5
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    5 Or let them take hold of my refuge and make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Ps 7:5
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    5 if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,

  • Job 21:8
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    8 Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes.

  • Job 13:13-14
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    13 Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

    14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

  • Job 9:31
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    31 You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.

  • Isa 17:11
    69%

    11 Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.

  • Job 19:28
    69%

    28 If you say, 'Why should we persecute him?' since the root of the matter is found in me,

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    69%

    7 Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

  • Ezek 31:11
    69%

    11 I handed it over to a mighty ruler among the nations; he dealt with it according to its wickedness. I drove it out.

  • Job 8:12
    69%

    12 While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass.

  • Deut 22:9
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    9 Do not plant two kinds of seeds in your vineyard, or the entire harvest, both the crop you plant and the fruit of the vineyard, will be forfeited.

  • Joel 1:7
    69%

    7 It has laid waste my vine and ruined my fig tree. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away; their branches are made white.

  • Isa 14:30
    69%

    30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be slain.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12 The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Job 8:4
    69%

    4 If your children have sinned against Him, He gave them over to the consequences of their transgressions.

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